by Paul Apple | Jul 19, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REMEMBER THE FORMER MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR IN THE NORTHERN TRIBES AS YOU CELEBRATE GOD’S FAITHFULNESSINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: The Chronicler includes all the tribes of Israel not yet discussed. Dan is not actually named, but a comparison with the...
by Paul Apple | Jul 18, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE ADMINISTRATION OF WORSHIP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LEVITES ELEVATES THIS TRIBE TO A POSITION OF PROMINENCEINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: The length of the Chronicler’s treatment of the tribe of Levi is second only to his survey of the line of Judah...
by Paul Apple | Jul 18, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TO HIS COVENANT STIPULATIONS ENABLES INITIAL MILITARY SUCCESS FOR THE TRANSJORDANIAN TRIBES BUT EVENTUALLY RELEGATES THEM TO EXILE DUE TO IDOLATRYINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: As part of his survey of “all Israel,” the Chronicler now...
by Paul Apple | Jul 16, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT COMPROMISE GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA – WHICH INCLUDES THE FORGOTTEN TRIBE OF SIMEONINTRODUCTION:Frederick Mabie: The second half of ch. 4 (vv.24–43) provides the genealogical summary of the tribe of Simeon, whose history was...
by Paul Apple | Jul 15, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PROMINENT ROLE OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH (AS FOCUSED IN KING DAVID) IN GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA EMPHASIZEDINTRODUCTION:August Konkel: The genealogy of Judah is the longest and most complex genealogical unit in the Bible [Genealogy, p. 461]. It provides the...
by Paul Apple | Jul 13, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE CONTINUITY OF THE UNIVERSAL MISSION OF GOD’S COVENANT PEOPLE REFLECTED IN TRACING ISRAEL’S ORIGINS BACK TO ADAMINTRODUCTION:Andrew Hill: God is everywhere assumed but nowhere mentioned in genealogies. The Chronicler also takes it for granted that his...
